Cable’s Length

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100 fathoms.

⁂ Some think to avoid a difficulty by rendering Matthew xix. 24 “It is easier for a cable to go through the eye of a needle … .”, but the word is καμηλoν, and the whole force of the passage rests on the “impossibility” of the thing, as it is distinctly stated in Mark x. 24, “How hard is it for them thattrust in [their] riches, επι τoιζ χρημασιν…” It is impossible by the virtue of money or by bribes to enter the kingdom of heaven. (Seepage 205, col. 1, Camel.)